Articles by Val Skelton
The eight shortlists for the 2020 Nibbies have been revealed.
Posted 20 March 2020
This year over 50 submissions from around the world were received.
Posted 19 March 2020
DPC aims to support and enable institutions at all stages of maturity in the digital preservation journey.
Posted 19 March 2020
A shortlist of eight titles for each of the Medals has been revealed.
Posted 19 March 2020
Authorities found Apple guilty of a series of anti-competitive practices.
Posted 17 March 2020
Over 50 publishers are participating in the initiative to allow unlimited numbers of users access to ebooks. The list is expected to grow.
Posted 17 March 2020
Marydee Ojala shares some search tips from the session she prepared for the (postponed) Computers in Libraries conference.
Posted 17 March 2020
Springer Nature is the largest OA publisher of primary research.
Posted 16 March 2020
The Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) has published a midway review of its five-year strategy.
Posted 6 March 2020
2019 figures reveal growing impact of OA works in its collection.
Posted 5 March 2020
Three-year agreement offers open access and publishing.
Posted 17 February 2020
Annual figure exceeds 10,000 for the first time.
Posted 17 February 2020
The New York Public Library will be celebrating its 125th birthday in 2020.
Posted 13 January 2020
Move will help strengthen Taylor & Francis' capabilities in open access and open research and will extend its range of innovative publishing services.
Posted 13 January 2020
The deal will enable greater visibility, impact, efficiency, transparency and sustainability in the dissemination of German research.
Posted 13 January 2020
A major breakthrough for open science.
Posted 13 January 2020
The University Press Redux Sustainability Award will be presented at the ALPSP conference in March 2020
Posted 8 January 2020
Facebook will remove videos modified by AI and designed to deceive.
Posted 8 January 2020
Professor Ingemar J. Cox - win recognises his major and sustained contributions to the field of information retrieval.
Posted 30 December 2019
Report highlights the distorting effect of hyper-authored articles on citation and impact analysis.
Posted 10 December 2019
Five UK-based society publishers have signed pilot transitional OA agreements courtesy of Jisc.
Posted 10 December 2019
OpenMonographs.org wants to change the landscape of scholarly book publishing.
Posted 4 December 2019
Oxford University Press has reached agreement with Iowa State University Library.
Posted 3 December 2019
Research study aims to discover if there is a gender difference in requests for assistance.
Posted 3 December 2019
Twitter has backtracked on its announcement regarding inactive accounts.
Posted 29 November 2019
Beta version of resource for six cultural and heritage organisations announced.
Posted 27 November 2019
Call for submissions released; deadline mid-January 2020.
Posted 25 November 2019
The London Library is the largest independent lending library in the world.
Posted 20 November 2019
CARL releases statement on benefits to society of Open Education.
Posted 15 November 2019
A miniature manuscript written by 14-year old Charlotte Brontë is expected to fetch at least £650,000 at auction in Paris.
Posted 13 November 2019
Twitter has announced a new Topics feature.
Posted 12 November 2019
New premises found after successful fundraising campaign.
Posted 12 November 2019
Collaboration with Google announced.
Posted 8 November 2019
Almost 50,000 free to use images released.
Posted 4 November 2019
Aim is to provide links between citations and digital content.
Posted 2 November 2019
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) welcomes the move towards the open access environment for journal articles.
Posted 31 October 2019
Göttingen and De Gruyter in open access book transformation project for the Humanities.
Posted 31 October 2019
New resource to provide a single destination for literary research, teaching and learning.
Posted 28 October 2019
New features added to enhance the Internet Archive music experience.
Posted 18 October 2019
Changes to functionality of Master Journal List.
Posted 18 October 2019
Eleven outstanding projects celebrated.
Posted 18 October 2019
Text to audio option offers improved accessibility.
Posted 18 October 2019
Designed to meet the business and academic needs of the university presses and the libraries.
Posted 11 October 2019
It's 50 years since the programme was first broadcast on the BBC.
Posted 11 October 2019
Demos, in partnership with Jisc, has set out to explore the potential impact of AI, robotics and other emerging technologies on the future of the research sector.
Posted 4 October 2019
2019 sees the 40th anniversary of Public Lending Rights (PLR) in the UK.
Posted 2 October 2019
The move means it won't be paying publishers for search results.
Posted 2 October 2019
UKeiG has announced the date and topic for the fifth annual Tony Strix Memorial Lecture.
Posted 2 October 2019
University acquires judge's annotated copy of book at centre of obscenity trial.
Posted 2 October 2019
RoRI wants to enable more strategic, open, diverse and inclusive research.
Posted 2 October 2019
The National Book Foundation has announced the category lists for its 70th annual awards ceremony.
Posted 22 September 2019
The Census Bureau's statistics and information search engine is being retired.
Posted 22 September 2019
Tens of thousands of apps and hundreds of developers affected.
Posted 22 September 2019
The new site will surface archived content and clips that have a topical appeal.
Posted 20 September 2019
New resource provides introductory overviews to major research methods in the social sciences.
Posted 20 September 2019
New Pearson report gathers opinions of 11,000 learners in 19 countries.
Posted 20 September 2019
How easy is it to conduct digital business globally and what policy changes could improve the current picture?
Posted 8 September 2019
New report explores the issues and concerns that keep journal editors up at night.
Posted 6 September 2019
Regulator hits Google-owned site with record $170m fine.
Posted 5 September 2019
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released its Digital Economy Report 2019.
Posted 5 September 2019
TechCrunch investigation discovers unprotected dataset.
Posted 5 September 2019
Nearly £5million awarded by the National Lottery will bring together BBC and ITV archive material.
Posted 4 September 2019
Project seeking to increase inclusion of Finnish OA journals in Directory of Open Access Journals.
Posted 2 September 2019
Agreement based on a 'shared commitment to Open Science'.
Posted 23 August 2019
Words Weekend festival teams up with British Library to create a word map of modern Britain.
Posted 23 August 2019
Waseda University is the first academic institution in Asia to join the pilot scheme.
Posted 23 August 2019
Survey to explore attitudes to the use of AI and the current state of take-up.
Posted 23 August 2019
3.5 billion people are using social media; half the world population watches online video; emoji usage continues to grow.
Posted 18 July 2019
Google has confirmed it has terminated development of its controversial censored Chinese search engine.
Posted 18 July 2019
Educational publisher wants to make its learning resources digital first.
Posted 18 July 2019
Ohio University Libraries and other institutions awarded grant to develop Southeast Asia Digital Library.
Posted 16 July 2019
New online exhibition uses digital content to highlight threats to cultural heritage.
Posted 16 July 2019
University's contract with publisher lapsed months ago.
Posted 16 July 2019
The long school holidays are around the corner.
Posted 4 July 2019
New publication (HDSR) will feature research, educational resources and commentary on data science.
Posted 4 July 2019
The idea for a network originated at an OA books event in Brussels in 2018.
Posted 3 July 2019
Agreement reached with two consortia in Scandinavia.
Posted 3 July 2019
How quirky, you may ask. Well, the prize is called The Queen's Knickers Award.
Posted 3 July 2019
Judging panel will be looking for innovation, initiative, originality and practicality.
Posted 1 July 2019
Researchers in Australia conducted a two-year study to analyse over one million Android apps available on Google Play.
Posted 24 June 2019
Prizes will be awarded in ten categories.
Posted 23 June 2019
The Web of Science Group (part of Clarivate Analytics) has released an updated and enhanced version of Journal Citations Reports.
Posted 23 June 2019
Newly searchable database reveals real reading habits.
Posted 18 June 2019
ProQuest becomes first academic streaming video platform to offer VR and 360-degree video.
Posted 18 June 2019
Research England-funded project wants to help universities, researchers, libraries and publishers make better use of open access book publishing.
Posted 17 June 2019
New database provides streaming video and digital archival material.
Posted 13 June 2019
The British Library has a fantastic track record when it comes to mobilising its digitised content.
Posted 8 June 2019
Expected changes to the demographics of the student body has implications for HE libraries.
Posted 8 June 2019
Award is given to an individual or a group of people in recognition of outstanding work in the information profession.
Posted 7 June 2019
The 2019 Best Translated Book Award winners have been announced in New York.
Posted 6 June 2019
Publisher analytics reports are designed to enable data-driven decision making for publishers.
Posted 6 June 2019
Google is to appeal EU antitrust fine.
Posted 6 June 2019
The London Transport Museum explores 200 years of transport history, art and design.
Posted 6 June 2019
AI will be the main topic of discussion at Group's members' day and AGM.
Posted 31 May 2019
Agreement covers the management of the Historic England imprint and publishing new titles.
Posted 30 May 2019
Four libraries shortlisted for Award.
Posted 28 May 2019
Goldsmiths College hosted a full day of discussions on what makes OA in the humanities ‘different'.
Posted 26 May 2019
New OA journal has a broad scope of physics and interdisciplinary topics.
Posted 23 May 2019
Nature journals have unified their preprint sharing strategy.
Posted 21 May 2019
Ongoing OA collaboration between the Netherlands and France.
Posted 21 May 2019
The European University Association has released its 2019 Big Deals Survey Report.
Posted 21 May 2019
White paper suggests ways to improve usage data that will benefit all stakeholders including authors, publishers, funders, vendors, libraries, and readers.
Posted 9 May 2019
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network has launched a list of open access journals held in its member institutions.
Posted 8 May 2019
New archive contains captured website content.
Posted 8 May 2019
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is the US's highest honour for institutions that make exceptional contributions to their communities.
Posted 8 May 2019
Image search made easier.
Posted 6 May 2019
Initiative aims to help libraries build political support and improve funding.
Posted 2 May 2019
The Bookseller and The Reading Agency are inviting submissions for the 2019 Library of the Year.
Posted 29 April 2019
UKeiG, the UK electronic information Group, has developed a programme of awards and bursaries designed to encourage research, information exchange and best practice.
Posted 26 April 2019
Libraries matter for Europe and Europe matters for libraries. IFLA and its partners have developed a library manifesto for Europe. Here are the highlights.
Posted 26 April 2019
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) represents 37 research libraries in the UK and Ireland.
Posted 24 April 2019
Agreement reached with Norwegian consortium.
Posted 24 April 2019
In this Association of Research Libraries white paper expert Wikidata users recommend ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of their collections, faculty, and institutions.
Posted 23 April 2019
Initiative includes preserving over 200 billion Weibo posts.
Posted 23 April 2019
Global Alliance of Open Access Scholarly Communication Platforms launched at a session organised by UNESCO.
Posted 23 April 2019
CUP reaches ‘read and publish' agreement with German academic library consortium.
Posted 4 April 2019
Successful pilot results in early roll-out of ‘In Review'.
Posted 4 April 2019
Refunds made available because your books won't be.
Posted 4 April 2019
New Springer nature white paper draws on several reports to recommend practical ways to accelerate data sharing.
Posted 2 April 2019
New Facebook feature aims to explain news feed algorithms.
Posted 2 April 2019
Springer Nature has published its first machine-generated chemistry book.
Posted 2 April 2019
British Library initiative outlines plans for the Library in the north of England.
Posted 25 March 2019
Third fine in three years may lead to changes in search.
Posted 21 March 2019
Human computer interaction, machine learning and machine perception are topics receiving most funding.
Posted 20 March 2019
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a statement describing the ways in which librarians help advance global scholarship.
Posted 20 March 2019
Internet Archive plans to cache content.
Posted 20 March 2019
Open network will be published on Digital Commons and aims to raise visibility and improve discoverability.
Posted 15 March 2019
First Spanish-language audiobooks announced.
Posted 15 March 2019
The award is open to new professionals from the library and publishing communities.
Posted 15 March 2019
Over 450 items are now available to academic libraries with more to follow.
Posted 7 March 2019
OCLC identifies the 100 novels most widely held in public libraries around the world.
Posted 7 March 2019
Applications should reflect innovative developments in scholarly communication.
Posted 6 March 2019
Major decision reached by UC in push for open access to publicly funded research.
Posted 1 March 2019
One million subscriptions achieved in seven months.
Posted 26 February 2019
Partnership has led to thousands of articles being made freely available.
Posted 21 February 2019
Country's principle scientific adviser calls for complete open access for science.
Posted 21 February 2019
Information Governance needs to be owned at the top and cascaded down effectively.
Posted 19 February 2019
The aim is that the new organisation will be more effective and influential within its membership communities of libraries, publishers and tech partners.
Posted 18 February 2019
Decision challenges Facebook's practice of forcing users to agree to data gathering.
Posted 8 February 2019
An interesting article in Nature explores the implications for researchers unable to access Elsevier publications.
Posted 6 February 2019
The Library of Congress has been awarded over $500,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to evaluate the health of collections in research libraries.
Posted 6 February 2019
New initiative to help deliver the Dutch ambition of 100% open access by 2020.
Posted 6 February 2019
Two recent discoveries in UK libraries.
Posted 6 February 2019
Titles will join publisher's portfolio in 2020.
Posted 6 February 2019
International real estate agent Savills has published its latest Tech Cities index report.
Posted 6 February 2019
The IFLA Green Library Award is sponsored by De Gruyter.
Posted 25 January 2019
CPD programme for 2019 also announced.
Posted 22 January 2019
France's data protection authority has announced a $57 million fine against Google.
Posted 22 January 2019
WhatsApp is limiting the number of times members can forward any single message.
Posted 22 January 2019
Concerns expressed in an open letter say practice will make it harder for authors to earn money.
Posted 21 January 2019
The editorial board of Journal of Informetrics will launch a new, fully open journal.
Posted 14 January 2019
Ten innovations that have the potential to provoke real change in pedagogy are explored in new report.
Posted 10 January 2019
The book collection for this year's Challenge has been revealed.
Posted 10 January 2019
2019 is still new enough to adopt a more mindful approach to life and work. At an MmIT meeting, four speakers shared their thoughts about creating a healthy relationship with tech.
Posted 10 January 2019
Grants valued at over $3.8 million announced.
Posted 4 January 2019
Canadian firm specialises in bibliometric analysis and research evaluation.
Posted 1 January 2019
Finding an appropriate and trustworthy journal to publish in is a challenge for many researchers around the world.
Posted 1 January 2019
New report shows complexity of research information management activities and the need for interoperability.
Posted 11 December 2018
Funders announce support of the use of ORCID identifiers in the grant application and reporting process.
Posted 11 December 2018
Two-year deal covers open access and subscription deal.
Posted 11 December 2018
Google reveals plans to address its messy messaging strategy.
Posted 11 December 2018
The two not for profit tech organisations join forces in 2019.
Posted 11 December 2018
The Altmetric Top 100 typically features research from a variety of disciplines, written by authors from all corners of the globe.
Posted 11 December 2018
Translate will offer both a masculine and a feminine translation when either might be appropriate.
Posted 8 December 2018
The 2018 winner of the prestigious Tony Kent Strix Memorial Award is Professor Pia Borlund, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway.
Posted 30 November 2018
The IFLA PressReader International Library Marketing Award wants to celebrate excellent library marketing.
Posted 29 November 2018
Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics) is an annual list of influential researchers in the sciences and social sciences from around the world.
Posted 29 November 2018
Public Library Manifesto will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2019.
Posted 27 November 2018
Commission calls for a permanent forum for reviewing platform self-regulation.
Posted 26 November 2018
Initiatives designed to keep children safe online.
Posted 26 November 2018
In 33 countries surveyed, mobile networks are faster than wifi.
Posted 26 November 2018
Digital Collections is the National Library's online repository of biomedical resources.
Posted 25 November 2018
Digital Experience Insights Survey gives a student-centric view of HE and FE digital environments.
Posted 16 November 2018
Academic publishing plays an integral role in the research and innovation ecosystem, according to new research.
Posted 13 November 2018
A UK petition signed by 30,000 called for ringfenced funding.
Posted 13 November 2018
French officials will spend six months reviewing content moderation processes.
Posted 13 November 2018
Data and evidence required to advocate for school libraries.
Posted 13 November 2018
Newspapers are an important part of the academic publishing landscape - and their use is growing.
Posted 12 November 2018
Images are free to use and reuse.
Posted 5 November 2018
A new report produced by think tank Demos in partnership with the Reading Agency highlights societal benefits of reading.
Posted 2 November 2018
Latest Figshare report explores global attitudes towards open data.
Posted 2 November 2018
The award aims to help deliver compliance with data sharing policies.
Posted 1 November 2018
The EU organisation to facilitate openness in scholarly communication is now a fully-fledged organisation.
Posted 1 November 2018
Programme released and registration now open for conference in Australia.
Posted 30 October 2018
The aim is to show that anyone can learn the basics of computer science.
Posted 18 October 2018
The National Screening Room digital collection aims to share items from the library's extensive holdings to as wide an audience as possible.
Posted 18 October 2018
New policy means Twitter will make it clear when someone has posted a tweet that violates its terms of service.
Posted 18 October 2018
Some changes being made to licenses.
Posted 18 October 2018
The Feminist Library has launched a crowdfunding campaign.
Posted 18 October 2018
How we can make the most of collective human intelligence and machine intelligence to solve complex social challenges?
Posted 18 October 2018
The Library of Congress has published its new strategic plan for the years 2019 - 2023.
Posted 3 October 2018
A new Sandvine report looks at internet traffic and ranks applications on their traffic share.
Posted 3 October 2018
Venue and theme for next conference announced.
Posted 3 October 2018
RDA announces programme of grants.
Posted 3 October 2018
Member states will now be allowed to grant e-books, audio books and printed books the same tax status.
Posted 3 October 2018
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, wants to give people more control over their data.
Posted 2 October 2018
Nine million former broken links are now working.
Posted 2 October 2018
Twitter Lite opens up Twitter to users with slow networks, expensive data plans or lack of space on their mobile devices.
Posted 21 September 2018
Cambridge Core Share will now become a permanent feature of publisher's content platform.
Posted 21 September 2018
OA publisher is now adapting its peer review model.
Posted 20 September 2018
The Man Booker Prize is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Posted 19 September 2018
Agreement will support the dissemination of research published across entire portfolio.
Posted 19 September 2018
The Wikimedia and Libraries User Group celebrates and connects Wikimedians and librarians around the world.
Posted 19 September 2018
Dataset Search will surface content across the web.
Posted 6 September 2018
The winning library set out to be "the living room for the community".
Posted 5 September 2018
Publisher joins RNIB Bookshare and Talking Books.
Posted 5 September 2018
Skype announces improvements to call recording.
Posted 5 September 2018
11 national research funding organisations have launched an initiative called cOAlition S.
Posted 5 September 2018
The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is seeking nominations for this prestigious award.
Posted 17 August 2018
The Wikimedia Foundation and Kiwix announce a global collaboration to increase offline access to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia sites.
Posted 20 July 2018
The IFLA Green Library Award, sponsored by De Gruyter Publishing, was established in 2016.
Posted 20 July 2018
An analysis of trends in the Scopus database of scholarly research explores China's improving performance in research impact.
Posted 20 July 2018
The Law Library of Congress (US) and the Peace Palace Library (Netherlands) announce information sharing relationship.
Posted 19 July 2018
UK publishing houses have had their best year overall; but textbooks have taken a massive hit.
Posted 19 July 2018
Antitrust violations generate record fine.
Posted 18 July 2018
The collaboration will support and encourage impactful research.
Posted 18 July 2018
Instagram is testing a feature that will allow public account holders to remove followers.
Posted 18 July 2018
Grant will enable an analysis and audit of all known open source authoring and publishing platforms.
Posted 5 July 2018
OPF sets out long-term plans for the organisation.
Posted 5 July 2018
Three FE/College library and learning resource centres rewarded for excellence and impact.
Posted 4 July 2018
An analysis of Springer Nature hybrid journal content shows how OA drives impact and usage.
Posted 4 July 2018
Cambridge University Press is launching digital institutional access to its leading HE textbooks.
Posted 4 July 2018
The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is seeking nominations for 2018 Tony Kent Strix award; bookings open for lecture to be given by 2017 winner.
Posted 4 July 2018
The Software Heritage Archive project sets out to collect and preserve software in source code form.
Posted 4 July 2018
Repository aims to increase the visibility and impact of research outputs generated by cultural institutions.
Posted 3 July 2018
Over 16,000 artefacts now accessible.
Posted 26 June 2018
New app is the latest step in 90 years of audio curated by the BBC.
Posted 26 June 2018
Worldwide calendar of Open Access events.
Posted 26 June 2018
Grants to be used for digitisation, archival and documentary editing projects.
Posted 26 June 2018
Reading rates continue to fall; Netflix and other binge content providers are the competition.
Posted 25 June 2018
Call for comments and feedback.
Posted 18 June 2018
The London Library is co-creating a series of events with the Bloomsbury Institute.
Posted 12 June 2018
Open to non-members, topics covered include privacy and GIS data.
Posted 7 June 2018
Facebook loses ground, YouTube leads the way.
Posted 1 June 2018
Announcing LibraryCamp Camp, a new library learning festival, with tents!
Posted 30 May 2018
Partnership wants to support and encourage people who love great stories.
Posted 30 May 2018
How to be a top 100 brand - lessons from three new entries to the elite club of brands.
Posted 30 May 2018
Big companies accused of breaking the new law.
Posted 29 May 2018
The Bookseller is looking for the best libraries in Britain.
Posted 29 May 2018
UK the most breached country in Europe, yet UK IT security spend lags behind.
Posted 29 May 2018
The Arabic Citation Index (ARCI) will be launched in 2020.
Posted 29 May 2018
The search is on for the very best work in digital preservation across all sectors.
Posted 28 May 2018
Two authors have filed a federal lawsuit.
Posted 18 May 2018
Further efforts to seem more transparent.
Posted 17 May 2018
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to third parties.
Posted 17 May 2018
Campaign wants to uncover research-based solutions to real-world problems.
Posted 17 May 2018
IOP Publishing has announced a new peer review information module for its online papers.
Posted 17 May 2018
Collaboration wants to create a coherent map of the open ecosystem.
Posted 17 May 2018
YouTube Red is becoming YouTube Premium.
Posted 17 May 2018
Last minute cancellation due to market conditions.
Posted 17 May 2018
Eight US university libraries are collaborating with the help of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Posted 17 May 2018
Twitter says it has developed an algorithm to help it identify troll behaviour.
Posted 16 May 2018
200 apps have been suspended so far.
Posted 15 May 2018
Publiseer, the Nigerian digital book publishing platform and The Italian ebook aggregator StreetLib have formed a partnership.
Posted 4 May 2018
The demand for UK transnational education (TNE) programmes continues to grow.
Posted 4 May 2018
Over 2700 people around the world have signed the petition so far.
Posted 4 May 2018
2018 is the 25th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day.
Posted 3 May 2018
Zuckerberg has been sharing the platform's plans to counter fake news, misinformation and political meddling.
Posted 3 May 2018
Danish citizen first to be charged and convicted under new law.
Posted 1 May 2018
A librarian has won £10,000 at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.
Posted 1 May 2018
Two beneficiaries have received the transferred works.
Posted 27 April 2018
The Council for Learning Resources in Colleges is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
Posted 27 April 2018
WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, has increased its minimum user age from 13 to 16.
Posted 25 April 2018
The event organised by CESSDA ERIC, explores the potential of research data available in Europe.
Posted 23 April 2018
Over 16,000 effects made available.
Posted 21 April 2018
The majority of Americans are resistant to government action on misinformation but are more open to action by tech companies.
Posted 20 April 2018
Research shows the pervasive role that automated accounts play in disseminating links to a wide range of prominent websites on Twitter.
Posted 20 April 2018
New research from shows more newspapers are re-discovering the power of digital-only editions as their unique value proposition.
Posted 19 April 2018
Native language search capabilities promote increased use of an institution's resource library.
Posted 19 April 2018
Feature introduced on English-language Wikipedia.
Posted 19 April 2018
Research grant of up to £500 to cover the direct costs of projects that are relevant to knowledge organisation.
Posted 19 April 2018
Arrangement aims to ensure researchers are able to access and share high quality scholarly research responsibly.
Posted 19 April 2018
Geographic proximity to the home is important to encourage attendance at leisure centres, but with libraries the picture is more complex.
Posted 18 April 2018
Version 1.0 is now available as a Gitbook.
Posted 18 April 2018
The publisher has won the Academic and Professional Publisher International Excellence Award.
Posted 17 April 2018
Merger will help deliver a coordinated strategy to support Canada's digital research infrastructure.
Posted 6 April 2018
Schools, teachers, communities and families play a critical role in successfully integrating technology into teaching, learning and assessment.
Posted 6 April 2018
A new report (The Cost of Cloud Expertise) surveyed 950 IT decision makers and 950 IT pros from across the globe.
Posted 5 April 2018
Platform will help researchers share and manage research data.
Posted 5 April 2018
Investigation into whether Facebook has breached the 1988 Privacy Act.
Posted 5 April 2018
Deal will see over 1000 backlist titles digitised and made visible to an international audience.
Posted 5 April 2018
A new research initiative is interested in how repositories and special collections are cited in academic publications.
Posted 5 April 2018
CILIP's special interest group wants to engage with the wider K&IM community.
Posted 26 March 2018
Just 13% of respondents question the necessity of libraries at all in the Internet age.
Posted 23 March 2018
Newly released stats show over 100 adverts per second are being removed.
Posted 23 March 2018
Streaming video collection teaches essential research skills and accelerates professional development.
Posted 23 March 2018
Award given in recognition of outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of Information Retrieval.
Posted 23 March 2018
New Springer Nature report explores attitudes to data sharing.
Posted 23 March 2018
comScore has published its 2018 international digital overview 'Global Digital Future in Focus'.
Posted 23 March 2018
Researchers from MIT prove lies spread faster than truth.
Posted 11 March 2018
Facebook and YouTube continue to dominate the landscape.
Posted 9 March 2018
Pilot project to test how blockchain can support the peer review project.
Posted 9 March 2018
International Alliance of Research Libraries releases values statement.
Posted 9 March 2018
Latest OA e-zine describes the current situation and plans for the next two years.
Posted 9 March 2018
A new report from Wellcome explores how the UK and EU can work together to ensure strong research collaboration post-Brexit.
Posted 8 March 2018
It's time to look back on the impact of five years of OA and to look to the future.
Posted 8 March 2018
Google releases information on three years of requests and its responses.
Posted 2 March 2018
No need to like a tweet in order to save it.
Posted 2 March 2018
The results of a poll show librarians are in the top five of the UK's most trusted professionals.
Posted 25 February 2018
Additional charges for older papers had been proposed.
Posted 25 February 2018
The librarians at the White House Historical Association are two years into the project.
Posted 25 February 2018
Researchers in Spain set out to estimate the amount of sensitive, personally identifiable data held by Facebook.
Posted 25 February 2018
Following a successful pilot project, IOP Publishing is planning to expand its programme of double-blind peer reviewing.
Posted 25 February 2018
The winners will use the funding to run Open events around the world.
Posted 25 February 2018
2018 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth.
Posted 24 February 2018
What does the latest research say about the impact of video content on student learning? And what are the best measures of success?
Posted 9 February 2018
Safer Internet Day is celebrated annually in over 100 countries worldwide.
Posted 9 February 2018
The 2018 Award is open to UK-based individuals or groups.
Posted 9 February 2018
New National Union Catalogue forms a key element of the Library and Archives Canada's renewal project.
Posted 9 February 2018
Forbes Media to launch Forbes Benelux and Forbes Monaco.
Posted 9 February 2018
Call for entries for the 2018 CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award.
Posted 7 February 2018
Digital library opens up Society's treasures to a global audience.
Posted 2 February 2018
With only a few months to go before GDPR comes into effect, most EU countries remain unprepared.
Posted 26 January 2018
Redesign means some content will be made available outside the app.
Posted 24 January 2018
Hundreds of thousands of Wikipedia articles have no references at all. Campaign is calling for libraries to do their bit to improve the reliability of Wikipedia.
Posted 24 January 2018
DuckDuckGo moves beyond search to block trackers.
Posted 24 January 2018
Data-Planet is a multidisciplinary statistical data repository used in academic libraries, public libraries, government and commercial markets.
Posted 23 January 2018
Ensuring libraries are fit for purpose and future-ready requires a combination of future scanning, a willingness to experiment, co-create and fail, a commitment to enhancing our own skill sets and the ability to learn from the wisdom of the crowd.
Posted 11 January 2018
The portfolio of medical journals includes some OA titles.
Posted 10 January 2018
The Publishers and Service Providers List includes potential providers and partners.
Posted 10 January 2018
OpenDissertations.org will help facilitate discovery.
Posted 10 January 2018
Almost a million books were distributed in 2017.
Posted 10 January 2018
The IFLA Green Library Award is sponsored by De Gruyter.
Posted 10 January 2018
Publisher continues to offer uninterrupted access to paywalled content.
Posted 10 January 2018
Inaugural award will be presented in London in April 2018.
Posted 7 January 2018
The Bibliography covers approximately one million works published in Finland.
Posted 2 January 2018
A complete ban on mobile phones will be introduced in 2018.
Posted 14 December 2017
SCONUL report explores the latest challenges and opportunities facing academic libraries.
Posted 14 December 2017
Altmetric has released data on its most discussed research articles of 2017.
Posted 14 December 2017
Cengage has a strategy to become 90% digital by 2019.
Posted 13 December 2017
Humans and AI will combine to tackle extreme and violent content.
Posted 13 December 2017
IFLA releases public statement denouncing removal and destruction of books.
Posted 12 December 2017
Claims that fake profiles were used to approach targets in an attempt to glean information.
Posted 12 December 2017
Content sharing tool supports wider access to research.
Posted 12 December 2017
Staff and students were involved in choosing the design.
Posted 12 December 2017
The European Commission has published its latest benchmarking report on the digital transformation of European eGovernment services.
Posted 30 November 2017
The European Parliament hopes move will boost online business.
Posted 30 November 2017
Articles have been shared more than three million times in the first year.
Posted 30 November 2017
A group called Google You Owe Us is taking action in the UK courts.
Posted 30 November 2017
How will research and scholarly communications be impacted by blockchain technology?
Posted 30 November 2017
Fake news raises big questions about the nature of truth and the value of evidence.
Posted 30 November 2017
Budget committee approves plans to introduce levy.
Posted 27 November 2017
OCLC Research and euroCRIS call for participation.
Posted 16 November 2017
Playful copyright event looking for contributors.
Posted 16 November 2017
Springer Nature report demonstrates positive impact of OA on usage and citation.
Posted 16 November 2017
Instagram continues to grow; Snapchat plans changes and two libraries battle it out over Instagram.
Posted 16 November 2017
BL's On Demand service offered to institutions in least developed countries.
Posted 3 November 2017
Manchester in the UK has been awarded City of Literature status.
Posted 2 November 2017
A report commissioned by four university presses (Cornell University Press, UCL Press, University of California Press and University of Michigan Press) explores the usage of OA books via the JSTOR Platform.
Posted 2 November 2017
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism held focus group discussions in Finland, Spain, the UK and the US. Here's what people said about fake news - and more.
Posted 2 November 2017
The 2017 Tony Kent Strix Award goes to Maarten de Rijke, the Professor of Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Posted 26 October 2017
The goal of the research is to develop a bespoke tool for librarians and related professionals that would allow them to interlink Linked Data sets.
Posted 26 October 2017
The story so far and next steps outlined in a series of factsheets.
Posted 21 October 2017
De Gruyter launches OA journal.
Posted 20 October 2017
New British Library exhibition celebrates Harry Potter's 20th anniversary.
Posted 20 October 2017
The BBC has announced a five-year research partnership with eight UK universities.
Posted 20 October 2017
Report explores the OA publishing landscape in eight European countries.
Posted 9 October 2017
Science Discoveries features research from across De Gruyter journals.
Posted 6 October 2017
A Pew Internet survey explores how people approach the search for information. What are the implications for librarians tasked with improving digital and information literacy?
Posted 6 October 2017
The EU has ordered Amazon to reply €250m it received in a sweetheart deal in Luxembourg.
Posted 5 October 2017
Emerald Reach aims to deliver high quality open access content.
Posted 5 October 2017
EBSCO publishes its Serials Price Projection Report for 2018
Posted 5 October 2017
How well can libraries demonstrate their impact on student learning and success?
Posted 5 October 2017
Organisational and commercial forces are driving change and experimentation.
Posted 4 October 2017
Awards for excellence in the design of search and information retrieval products and services.
Posted 23 September 2017
ScienceOpen to host UCL's open access journal programme.
Posted 23 September 2017
ScienceDirect Topics offer a free layer of content on a number of scientific topics.
Posted 23 September 2017
The site, used by researchers to swap papers, is accused of copyright infringement.
Posted 22 September 2017
Over 70,000 online news consumers were surveyed and additional qualitative research undertaken.
Posted 22 September 2017
A study by Pew Research Center explores how citizens access science news.
Posted 18 September 2017
LIBER publishes guidelines for libraries and consortia.
Posted 8 September 2017
Scholarly publisher De Gruyter plans to digitise its backlist dating back to 1749.
Posted 7 September 2017
Employers need to ensure their policies are clear.
Posted 7 September 2017
A new exhibition celebrates the British Library's collection of over 6.5 million sound recordings.
Posted 7 September 2017
When it comes to metrics, an analysis of tweets suggests that 77% of tweets referencing academic articles are mechanical in nature.
Posted 7 September 2017
Internet Librarian International 2017 devotes a full-day track to understanding how libraries are working with users to redesign services, spaces and to understand usage.
Posted 6 September 2017
A tracking study explored how news content was discovered and consumed by 3,400 desktop users over one month in 2017.
Posted 5 September 2017
Professor Maristella Agosti to give 2017 lecture in London.
Posted 29 August 2017
People in the US who Google depression will see links to a mental health self-assessment quiz.
Posted 25 August 2017
Help shape the future of the library field.
Posted 25 August 2017
The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is seeking nominations for this prestigious award.
Posted 24 August 2017
People fact-check less often when they are in a collective setting.
Posted 24 August 2017
In the USA the youth market for Instagram and Snapchat continues to grow and Facebook loses out.
Posted 22 August 2017
Gartner predicts three digital megatrends that will impact businesses over the next decade.
Posted 21 August 2017
This year's Internet Librarian International celebrates the superhuman impact librarians have on organisations, communities and individuals.
Posted 17 August 2017
A hate crime is a hate crime whether it is online or face to face.
Posted 16 August 2017
Third round of Digital News Initiative fund sees over 20 million EUR granted in 27 countries across Europe.
Posted 21 July 2017
Access to information empowers individuals, communities, nations and organisations to make better decisions, and live better lives.
Posted 21 July 2017
New functionality being tested in the US before rolling out worldwide.
Posted 20 July 2017
Some improvements being rolled out plus news of planned developments.
Posted 20 July 2017
EU's Data Protection Working Party guidance says employers should not be screening social media as a matter of course.
Posted 20 July 2017
India is now Facebook's largest country audience.
Posted 20 July 2017
Single log-in aims to make life simpler for tourists and residents alike.
Posted 20 July 2017
A new report highlights the power of partnerships and describes a wide range of activities and services improving the lives of older citizens.
Posted 20 July 2017
With the summer holidays in mind, budget airline EasyJet has launched Flybraries - a flying book club.
Posted 19 July 2017
The Obama Foundation is calling for a focus on good digital citizenship to overcome echo chambers.
Posted 6 July 2017
Patient data shared without permission.
Posted 6 July 2017
A new Oxford University Press report explores the role of reference resources in research and teaching in academic institutions.
Posted 6 July 2017
Podcast and audio audiences are continuing to grow; BBC wants to win back children; Netflix reigns!
Posted 6 July 2017
A new study explores how scholarly publishing can evolve to ensure it is sustainable.
Posted 5 July 2017
The German parliament has voted to fine social media companies for failing to remove hate speech.
Posted 4 July 2017
$2.7 billion for antitrust misdeeds.
Posted 27 June 2017
The Library and Archives Service of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has announced the release of the digital collection of its journal.
Posted 26 June 2017
The Association of European Research Libraries LIBER and OCLC Research announce a collaborative research study.
Posted 25 June 2017
Scholarly database JSTOR considers how to redesign the scholarly monograph with the digital reader in mind.
Posted 25 June 2017
For two weeks libraries will enjoy unfettered digital access the first book in the series.
Posted 21 June 2017
The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is seeking 2017 nominations for this prestigious award.
Posted 21 June 2017
Collection covers over 20 years of creative work and includes Monty Python notebooks.
Posted 13 June 2017
30 years of festival recordings and other materials donated.
Posted 9 June 2017
Tool focuses on supporting the entire research lifecycle to generate maximum value.
Posted 8 June 2017
The USA, Japan and France lead the way in the 2016 top 100 Global innovators.
Posted 8 June 2017
City of Stories and Spread the Word hope to inspire Londoners.
Posted 30 May 2017
Largest release of digital records in Library of Congress history.
Posted 30 May 2017
First case of its kind finds someone legally liabable for liking, rather than posting, content.
Posted 30 May 2017
One step towards an African digital library.
Posted 30 May 2017
The sharing economy has changed and is now split between traditional and commercial models.
Posted 30 May 2017
Many Americans do not feel they are at risk from cyberattacks.
Posted 29 May 2017
A fascinating insight into programmes being run in public libraries around the world.
Posted 26 May 2017
Wikipedia editors can now add citations that link to library resources in WorldCat.
Posted 25 May 2017
Times Higher Education has used citation data and analytics to identify the hottest topics in contemporary science.
Posted 25 May 2017
The European Commission is proposing changes to the rules that have governed the free circulation of content in Europe for almost 30 years.
Posted 25 May 2017
Latest decision in ongoing lawsuit.
Posted 24 May 2017
Digital Science has opened a subsidiary in Moscow.
Posted 19 May 2017
Reduced or no Article Processing Charges for authors from EIFL network.
Posted 19 May 2017
Facebook faces fines for fibs.
Posted 19 May 2017
Fascinating research study suggests people aren't as susceptible to fake news as we might think.
Posted 12 May 2017
Discovery at Reading University is from one of the earliest printed books.
Posted 11 May 2017
The European Commission has just published the final report of its ICT for Work: Digital Skills in the Workplace study.
Posted 11 May 2017
Lens aims to recognise real world objects.
Posted 10 May 2017
What are the most popular streamed programmes around the world?
Posted 10 May 2017
Collection includes content from museums and archives across Europe.
Posted 8 May 2017
Concessions will apply for five years.
Posted 8 May 2017
A coherent story helps make sense of any collection of knowledge.
Posted 28 April 2017
Move reflects growing influence of online education.
Posted 28 April 2017
The 2017 Press Freedom Index points to an overall decline in global press freedom.
Posted 28 April 2017
Kenya, South Africa and Morocco appear in top 10.
Posted 25 April 2017
New Pew Research Center data shows a significant difference in the use of social media in advanced economies.
Posted 24 April 2017
Nearly half a million images made available.
Posted 21 April 2017
The British Library is to build an extension to its London site.
Posted 21 April 2017
Imitating Snapchat working well for Instagram
Posted 21 April 2017
Researching the role and impact of non-traditional publishers in the French election.
Posted 21 April 2017
IFLA has begun collecting data for its 2017 Library Map of the World survey.
Posted 6 April 2017
A multinational survey asked about the reading habits of over 22,000 internet users in 17 countries.
Posted 6 April 2017
Google has launched a beta version of its YouTube Go app on Google Play in India.
Posted 5 April 2017
Social media groups could face huge fines.
Posted 5 April 2017
OCLC research explores the infrastructure, services and other resources needed to support RDM.
Posted 5 April 2017
Mobile is the primary tool for the digital omnivore.
Posted 3 April 2017
ProQuest expanding e-book collection.
Posted 2 April 2017
Automated chatbot linked to cyberbullying.
Posted 31 March 2017
Tech Nation 2017 report explores state of digital technology in UK.
Posted 23 March 2017
The rapid pace of change in the Open Data and Open Science landscape across Europe can make it difficult to stay informed.
Posted 22 March 2017
Prestigious awards for the best books for children and young people.
Posted 22 March 2017
Organisations around the world are creating truly digital native content.
Posted 22 March 2017
Call for applications from UK-based library and information professionals.
Posted 17 March 2017
The UK Government, along with other organisations including the Guardian newspaper, has pulled adverts from YouTube.
Posted 17 March 2017
To celebrate its 50th birthday, the Federation of European Publishers has released a new report The Book Sector in Europe - Facts and Figures.
Posted 17 March 2017
New curriculum to be introduced in 2018.
Posted 14 March 2017
Government agencies conduct long-term and expensive R&D that private companies find hard to justify.
Posted 10 March 2017
A Norwegian news site has been experimenting with its comments section; the Perspective initiative is hoping to use machine learning to identify online harassment.
Posted 10 March 2017
Millennials are now the largest generational group in the USA.
Posted 10 March 2017
The complexity of managing book collections in multiple formats is addressed in a new white paper by ProQuest.
Posted 9 March 2017
Royal Society of Literature finds that Public libraries are crucial to sustaining and building engagement in literature.
Posted 1 March 2017
The UK is one of the first countries to extend library lending compensation to cover e-lending.
Posted 28 February 2017
New service aims to connect researchers with relevant content.
Posted 24 February 2017
Ogilvy report for advertising has some interesting messages for libraries.
Posted 24 February 2017
The Perspective API is now open for use by developers.
Posted 23 February 2017
Library and information science theory and practice should go together, each informing the other for mutual benefit and development.
Posted 23 February 2017
Call for users to have more control over how much data is collected - and how it is used.
Posted 22 February 2017
Google's fact checking tag has arrived in South America.
Posted 21 February 2017
Content from five leading publishers will feature.
Posted 20 February 2017
Research institutions had been without access since contract negotiations broke down.
Posted 17 February 2017
Over 160 works taken in daring heist.
Posted 13 February 2017
Tabloid newspaper deemed unreliable.
Posted 10 February 2017
Wiley aims to support authors throughout life of their research papers.
Posted 8 February 2017
Subscribers can gain access to subscription content abroad.
Posted 8 February 2017
Project seeks to introduce a benchmark for accessibility in e-book platforms.
Posted 7 February 2017
National bibliographic knowledgebase to support research community in the UK.
Posted 6 February 2017
Elsevier acquires Plum Analytics from EBSCO Information Services.
Posted 3 February 2017
The UK's higher education sector must embrace and maximise digital technologies if it wants to stay ahead of international competition.
Posted 2 February 2017
Surprise announcement gives customers a brief window to download and save their econtent.
Posted 31 January 2017
This year participants are asked to "be the change" for a better internet.
Posted 31 January 2017
New role is a world first.
Posted 27 January 2017
Biggest overhaul in site's history. New LinkedIn looks a lot like Facebook!
Posted 26 January 2017
What does the research tell us about the importance of avatars in VR experiences?
Posted 26 January 2017
Agreement reflects video streaming growth in India.
Posted 25 January 2017
Instagram has confirmed live streaming is now available to all users.
Posted 25 January 2017
Digital Trends Report says global internet penetration has increased 10% in the last year, and is now up to 50%.
Posted 25 January 2017
European Commission figures show that two fifths of the EU workforce have little or no digital skills.
Posted 23 January 2017
OA content from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru are now discoverable via OpenAIRE.
Posted 20 January 2017
Facebook says city is a great place to live.
Posted 19 January 2017
CONUL call for papers.
Posted 18 January 2017
Facebook to trial a filtering tool as Germany prepares for election.
Posted 16 January 2017
Research explores the potential for automation in a range of work activities and occupations.
Posted 12 January 2017
What does neuroscience tell us about the experience of meeting people in VR?
Posted 12 January 2017
Over 300 documents went missing between 2014 and 2015.
Posted 11 January 2017
The European Commission has proposed policies and new legislation to help the EU make the most of its data.
Posted 11 January 2017
The 2017 Conference is being held in Scotland in June.
Posted 5 January 2017
Employees have the right to ignore work email out of set hours.
Posted 3 January 2017
Plan to tackle interference in election.
Posted 3 January 2017
Fake user checked out unpopular books.
Posted 3 January 2017
Facebook faces possible fine.
Posted 22 December 2016
With an election happening in 2017 German politicians want to tackle fake news with legislation.
Posted 20 December 2016
Google has published its 2016 Year in Search lists.
Posted 15 December 2016
The key to comprehension is brevity and simplicity.
Posted 13 December 2016
New metrics will inform publishing and purchasing decisions.
Posted 11 December 2016
App gives free access to over 100 000 books.
Posted 11 December 2016
British Library calling for nominations for manuscripts to digitise.
Posted 11 December 2016
The European book publishing industry is worth an estimated €36-38 billion.
Posted 11 December 2016
Social media giants have released their end of year reviews.
Posted 11 December 2016
Publishers eager to amplify or monetise their content are looking elsewhere.
Posted 10 December 2016
Report explores economic, social and cultural rights and the internet.
Posted 9 December 2016
More initiatives to help meet the demand for digital skills.
Posted 2 December 2016
Comprehensive buying guide is based on real-world business scenarios.
Posted 2 December 2016
Facebook continues to grow as more older internet users are signing up to social media.
Posted 2 December 2016
London Book Fair calling for nominations and applications.
Posted 30 November 2016
Guidelines to help scientists increase the accessibility of their graphics.
Posted 30 November 2016
The European Digital City Index compares 60 cities.
Posted 29 November 2016
National College of Cybersecurity will be based at historic Bletchley Park.
Posted 28 November 2016
The European Court of Justice has granted French authors the right to be forgotten.
Posted 28 November 2016
The archive will be added to the British Library's 20th century holdings.
Posted 28 November 2016
The Kindle Paperwhite Manga edition features faster page turning and extended storage.
Posted 15 November 2016
Rooms app set to return as part of Messenger.
Posted 15 November 2016
Protests against another example of Spain's Gagging Laws.
Posted 15 November 2016
After months of delay Facebook has as last responded to antitrust charges
Posted 15 November 2016
Facebook-owned WhatsApp set to roll out video calls.
Posted 15 November 2016
SAGE Publishing releases comprehensive collection of videos of research methods.
Posted 15 November 2016
The supremacy of the end user means humans are still needed to provide actionable insight.
Posted 15 November 2016
Insights from the latest UK Engagement Survey 2016 highlight how students are getting the most of their university experiences.
Posted 14 November 2016
A taskforce is exploring what a global library for a global university should look like.
Posted 4 November 2016
A round up of initatives to encourage a love of reading and books.
Posted 2 November 2016
Twitter abandoning short form video service.
Posted 1 November 2016
Data collection and sharing continues to be a concern.
Posted 1 November 2016
Mobile predicted to account for 75% of internet use in 2017.
Posted 1 November 2016
Shortlists in eight categories revealed.
Posted 21 October 2016
Survey suggests half of all UK crimes are cybercrimes.
Posted 21 October 2016
How search engines reinforce social stereotypes in gender and race.
Posted 21 October 2016
Multi-channel initiative announced.
Posted 20 October 2016
Google seems set to follow Apple in its intentions to provide low price streaming TV.
Posted 20 October 2016
Survey explores culture of innovation in four countries.
Posted 20 October 2016
There is a massive gap between policy and performance.
Posted 20 October 2016
Norway has the fast internet in Europe; Brazil has become a key source of web app attacks.
Posted 9 October 2016
New report discusses the future of OA mega-journals, credibility and long term cost implications.
Posted 7 October 2016
New company name revealed as Clarivate Analytyics.
Posted 7 October 2016
Call for research tenders published.
Posted 7 October 2016
New Tech Centre will open in Toronto.
Posted 7 October 2016
Initiative to improve impact and visibility of research outputs.
Posted 7 October 2016
Newspaper wants to establish its presence on VR platform.
Posted 7 October 2016
New Academy in Naples will train 600 students.
Posted 7 October 2016
Half of European businesses are failing to impose even basic mobile device management.
Posted 7 October 2016
Capgemini has published a report exploring the current state of open data across the EU28+ countries - France and Spain lead the way.
Posted 6 October 2016
Collaboration to raise awareness of censorship.
Posted 28 September 2016
Yahoo has at last confirmed that it suffered a data breach in 2014.
Posted 23 September 2016
Threatened with legal action over planned sharing of data with Facebook.
Posted 21 September 2016
Crime writer demonstrates support for libraries - with murder.
Posted 21 September 2016
The changes remove attachments from character limit.
Posted 21 September 2016
Music streaming continues to grow.
Posted 21 September 2016
The European Commission has been explaining its plans for copyright reform.
Posted 21 September 2016
Cooperation to improve visibility of academic content.
Posted 21 September 2016
The Informed Peer Recognition Award is also looking for judges.
Posted 21 September 2016
SAGE Publishing has announced the acquisition of the OA journal portfolio of Libertas Academica.
Posted 21 September 2016
Libraries grapple with the challenge of remaining relevant in a modern city.
Posted 21 September 2016
Lloyds of London surveyed senior leaders at almost 350 large European companies to explore their attitudes to cyber risks.
Posted 21 September 2016
Baroness Gail Rebuck speaks up for libraries and literacy in the UK's House of Lords.
Posted 12 September 2016
The Pew Research Center's 2016 survey of public library usage in the USA reveals libraries held in high regard.
Posted 10 September 2016
Royal Society Publishing and figshare announce new partnership.
Posted 9 September 2016
LinkedIn has changed its search algorithm after the Seattle Times accused it of gender bias.
Posted 9 September 2016
Organisations pay ransoms if the compromised data is confidential - or because the ransom is relatively small.
Posted 8 September 2016
New academic platform brings together all CUP academic content in one place.
Posted 8 September 2016
European project makes big data technologies easy to use.
Posted 8 September 2016
Figures show that people in the US are now spending 50% of their online time on apps.
Posted 8 September 2016
The winner of the Tony Kent Strix Award is Maristella Agosti, Professor in Computer Science at the University of Padua, Italy
Posted 6 September 2016
All 18 year olds will receive money to spend on cultural experiences.
Posted 26 August 2016
Changes to privacy policy announced.
Posted 26 August 2016
DataSearch searches for research data.
Posted 25 August 2016
Consultants describe a mature industry with slowing growth prospects.
Posted 19 August 2016
Shanghai academic rankings revealed.
Posted 18 August 2016
Changes to rules will introduce parity with traditional telecoms companies.
Posted 16 August 2016
Fraud costs the UK nearly £200 billion per year.
Posted 16 August 2016
Launch of Google Duo.
Posted 16 August 2016
Eight-year long legal battle resolved by Israel's Supreme Court.
Posted 16 August 2016
Digital collaboration between Adam Matthew and internationally renowned theatre.
Posted 5 August 2016
Report is a fascinating insight into the impact of connectivity on everyday life.
Posted 5 August 2016
Freedom of Information request made by the BBC.
Posted 3 August 2016
With $2.05 billion profit in the last quarter, Facebook continues to outperform Twitter.
Posted 28 July 2016
European countries outperforming when it comes to connected machines.
Posted 27 July 2016
Content literacy is a major challenge. The growth of sponsored content - and consumers' inability to recognise it.
Posted 27 July 2016
The deal is worth approximately five billion US dollars.
Posted 26 July 2016
Working group collecting information about book publishing processes and workflows.
Posted 26 July 2016
The streets are full of people staring at their digital devices and making uncanny shapes.
Posted 26 July 2016
Latest data suggests worse to come.
Posted 12 July 2016
Sale includes Web of Science and Thomson CompuMark.
Posted 12 July 2016
Survey to identify challenges and priorities for innovative research.
Posted 12 July 2016
How can organisations harness new tech to stay relevant and deepen relationships.
Posted 12 July 2016
Can organisations benefit from a zero-email culture?
Posted 11 July 2016
By 2020 the workforce will consist of up to 50% of millennials.
Posted 8 July 2016
Service founded 30 years ago by librarians committed to library automation.
Posted 7 July 2016
Organisation proposes a Common Future for all of Europe's libraries.
Posted 6 July 2016
Additional analysis from Workforce Mapping Project.
Posted 1 July 2016
PwC continues its investigation into the value of the sharing economy - and finds growth outstripping its recent predictions.
Posted 1 July 2016
A combination of expertise and efficiency provides the competitive cutting edge for professional services firms.
Posted 30 June 2016
Deutsche Bahn extending in-train entertainment offers.
Posted 28 June 2016
Service wants to advance public access.
Posted 28 June 2016
Collaborative open source project.
Posted 28 June 2016
Project Bloks will teach children how to code.
Posted 28 June 2016
Service expected to roll out internationally after US launch.
Posted 28 June 2016
Experts predict a number of tech tipping points including driverless vehicles, implantable technologies and the connected home.
Posted 28 June 2016
New York's libraries are playing a vital role in teaching citizens digital skills.
Posted 14 June 2016
ProQuest has added 4 million digitised pages.
Posted 13 June 2016
Microsoft's biggest acquisition ever.
Posted 13 June 2016
The UK's Science and Technology Committee has published yet another report stating the country needs to get its digital skills act together.
Posted 13 June 2016
The Association of American University Presses has published guidelines to best practice peer review.
Posted 12 June 2016
Focus on providing high quality learning to IT professionals.
Posted 9 June 2016
Further enhancements for publisher's Research Data Management portfolio.
Posted 9 June 2016
A cleaner grid design is being tested.
Posted 9 June 2016
Library Budget Predictions for 2016 is based on interviews with senior librarians in almost 700 institutions around the world.
Posted 1 June 2016
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) has published its 2015 annual report, showing the results of its collaboration with libraries in 60 developing and transitional countries around the world.
Posted 31 May 2016
Nominations deadline is August 26 2016.
Posted 26 May 2016
The European Commission has released its 2016 report on digital progress in the EU.
Posted 24 May 2016
Latest court action concerns the Right to be Forgotten.
Posted 20 May 2016
Company seriously under-estimated numbers affected.
Posted 20 May 2016
Letter announcing discovery of the Americas found in the Library of Congress.
Posted 18 May 2016
Company loses appeal - fines or even prison may follow.
Posted 18 May 2016
Publisher aims to integrate the Network with Mendeley.
Posted 17 May 2016
Awards celebrate achievement in digital preservation.
Posted 13 May 2016
ALPSP announces call for 2016 entries.
Posted 13 May 2016
App released with some features removed.
Posted 11 May 2016
Analysis by the Pew Research Center explores how people read news on mobile devices.
Posted 11 May 2016
An extraordinary research project has explored the role of social media in people's everyday lives.
Posted 11 May 2016
TandFChina.com offers Mandarin language resources for research librarians and researchers.
Posted 9 May 2016
Researchers say the desire to make sense of the world drives many decisions and behaviours.
Posted 9 May 2016
New tab to help synch address books and find new connections.
Posted 4 May 2016
A new report looks forward to the STM publishing landscape of 2020.
Posted 29 April 2016
Ofcom's 2016 Media Use Report reveals unsophisticated searchers - and worrying generational divides.
Posted 29 April 2016
Complaint filed with EU's antitrust commission.
Posted 28 April 2016
Regional coverage; over 3000 scholarly journals included.
Posted 27 April 2016
Initiative to improve sociability and sharing.
Posted 26 April 2016
New design aims to make lights visible to people who are looking down.
Posted 26 April 2016
2016 Index notes an overall decline in press freedom.
Posted 26 April 2016
New Library Professionals Network founders praised for their innovation.
Posted 22 April 2016
Two events will explore how to build and maintain strong relationships between researchers in developing countries, publishers and other stakeholders.
Posted 21 April 2016
Google has been charged with breaching Europe's competition law.
Posted 20 April 2016
Four years of negotiation results in expanded right to be forgotten and more responsibilities for organisations.
Posted 15 April 2016
In order to benefit from new and innovative ways of working, organisations must be able to mesh together the systems that drive technology, infrastructure, information, people and processes.
Posted 15 April 2016
New functions and long term plans announced.
Posted 14 April 2016
Research has backed up what we always suspected. Many of us don't know what emojis mean.
Posted 14 April 2016
EC Action Plan sets out commitment to reduce VAT rates.
Posted 8 April 2016
All search developments aim to keep users on the platform, rather than searching elsewhere.
Posted 8 April 2016
Fewer printed documents will be available.
Posted 7 April 2016
The compose image description option is available in Twitter's accessibility settings.
Posted 30 March 2016
Collaboration to consider scholarly research in the digital, networked age.
Posted 30 March 2016
Non-compliance with funders' requirements may see a reduction in support for hybrid journals.
Posted 30 March 2016
The trial has already resulted in 1.3 million additional article accesses.
Posted 30 March 2016
Word of mouth is a powerful marketing tool. LinkedIn research shows how much employees can help promote the organisation.
Posted 30 March 2016
Twitter analysed tweets to major airlines to discover the true value of great customer service.
Posted 29 March 2016
Microsoft chatbot Tay was quickly led astray and taken offline.
Posted 28 March 2016
Agreement to ensure music creators receive appropriate royalties.
Posted 18 March 2016
Research findings based on leaders in 15 countries.
Posted 16 March 2016
Grant to support alternative research metrics.
Posted 9 March 2016
Is data really the new oil - and how are organisations using business analytics as a strategic asset?
Posted 9 March 2016
February saw Google process about 100,000 links per hour.
Posted 8 March 2016
Amazon has been criticised for closing some customer accounts.
Posted 8 March 2016
Data protection concerns cited by Germany's Bundeskartellamt.
Posted 3 March 2016
2016 survey places soft skills in the spotlight for twenty-first century business information professionals.
Posted 2 March 2016
Almost a million Airbnb guests were hosted in London in the year up to November 2015.
Posted 1 March 2016
Issues for libraries include the integrity of and access to historical information, freedom of expression and individual privacy.
Posted 26 February 2016
The new museum will explore the history of reading devices.
Posted 25 February 2016
Government malware will be used to track suspected criminals.
Posted 24 February 2016
Key findings of the 2016 Tech Nation report show that access to great talent is the biggest potential risk to the UK's digital economy.
Posted 24 February 2016
Snapchat has launched on-demand geofilters.
Posted 23 February 2016
Only four of the most popular topics will remain.
Posted 18 February 2016
Release of documents to National Archives.
Posted 18 February 2016
The Hollywood Presbyterian Memorial Medical Center in LA has been victimised by a ransomware attack.
Posted 18 February 2016
An Iron Mountain and AIIM White Paper explores the future skills and attributes that will help information managers create positive impacts for their organisations over the next 3-5 years.
Posted 17 February 2016
Venture brings together three research-intensive universities.
Posted 10 February 2016
Two-way linking of content between Elsevier and ICPSR.
Posted 10 February 2016
Facebook ordered to stop tracking non-members without consent.
Posted 10 February 2016
If search is 'fixed', what can we do about supporting chance discovery?
Posted 10 February 2016
As the number of cyberattacks increases, businesses are changing their cybersecurity strategies.
Posted 9 February 2016
Attempt to stimulate sales sees VAT dropped to 4%.
Posted 4 February 2016
Agreement for back taxes sees Google pay UK Government.
Posted 26 January 2016
A round up of research projects to help computers understand sarcasm, sentiment - and the power of small talk.
Posted 26 January 2016
Awards will support attendance at the SLA Conference being held in Philadelphia, USA in 2016.
Posted 22 January 2016
Recent acquisitions include Ireland's Soundwave.
Posted 20 January 2016
Award is presented to the individual who has made the most inspirational or enterprising difference - either in their workplace or to the wider profession.
Posted 20 January 2016
Nesta, the UK's innovation charity, has been making technology and sociological predictions for the last five years. What key themes has it chosen for 2016?
Posted 13 January 2016
Pilot project success means initiative will continue.
Posted 12 January 2016
The choices of word (or sometimes emoji) of the year reflect social, economic and technological trends and focus. This year is no exception.
Posted 11 January 2016
Screen is no more as content is moved elsewhere.
Posted 5 January 2016
Copyright agreement leads to increased prices for Apple mobile products.
Posted 4 January 2016
Senior TV figures resign from state broadcaster.
Posted 4 January 2016
Twitter has moved to protect the word subtweet, even though it didn't actually coin the term.
Posted 7 December 2015
New research from the US suggests that streaming video services are now on a par with traditional cable TV.
Posted 2 December 2015
Report by Axiell seeks to understand how public libraries are being used and to outline a vision for the future of the public library.
Posted 2 December 2015
Snapcode deep linking will help promote great content.
Posted 1 December 2015
A survey of the UK's library, archives, records, IM and KM workforce highlights gender and diversity gaps.
Posted 1 December 2015
Platform relies on users to flag copyright issues.
Posted 1 December 2015
Users of Altmetric are now able to search the database by ORCID iD.
Posted 1 December 2015
Research suggests six million of the UK's homes and offices have underperforming broadband.
Posted 1 December 2015
Findings of the BBC's research into digital news reach have implications for all news providers.
Posted 1 December 2015
A survey by the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) puts a price on digital skills gap.
Posted 22 November 2015
Tools being tested to reduce number of posts from or featuring your ex.
Posted 20 November 2015
If Google is beginning to understand search terms like a human, where does this leave the information professional?
Posted 19 November 2015
Choice highlights rapid growth in use of emojis in the last year.
Posted 17 November 2015
A new study published by Thompson-Reuters places France as Europe's most innovative nation.
Posted 16 November 2015
The State Library of South Australia is using digital storytelling to promote its collections.
Posted 13 November 2015
Microblogging site Tumblr has begun to roll out an instant messaging feature.
Posted 11 November 2015
Figures suggest Snapchat users are much more engaged than users on Facebook.
Posted 10 November 2015
Academic publisher Elsevier responds to resignation of Lingua's entire editorial team.
Posted 8 November 2015
Microsoft Research's Susan Dumais chose search behaviour as the topic of her Tony Kent Strix Award lecture.
Posted 8 November 2015
Facebook continues to dominate the social login market.
Posted 7 November 2015
Facebook set to launch Notify.
Posted 7 November 2015
ORCID will help solve author name ambiguity problems in research and scholarly communications.
Posted 4 November 2015
In a special collection of articles, the New York Times explores how viewer behaviour is changing and how programme makers and broadcasters are responding.
Posted 3 November 2015
In its latest White Paper, academic publisher Taylor and Francis gathers opinions about the peer review process from those who publish research papers and those who review, edit and publish them.
Posted 2 November 2015
Twitter Polls being rolled out on apps and via Twitter website.
Posted 22 October 2015
Springer Compact provides an "innovative new publishing business model".
Posted 22 October 2015
Amazon has announced it is suing 1000 authors of fake reviews.
Posted 22 October 2015
The German Parliament is to vote on a law obliging phone companies to keep records on all Germans' communications
Posted 16 October 2015
The UK has begun to count cybercrimes for the first time. But you may be surprised at how little your stolen digital information is worth.
Posted 16 October 2015
Streaming growth slowing down in the US.
Posted 15 October 2015
The number of people using ad blockers has increased by 40% over the last year. 200 million people are now using them - resulting in over $20bn of lost revenues.
Posted 15 October 2015
Open dataset provides information on institutional research funding around the world.
Posted 13 October 2015
AMP project aims to improve mobile experiences.
Posted 9 October 2015
European institutions performing strongly and many more countries appearing in top 800.
Posted 9 October 2015
Case brought by law student after Edward Snowden revelations of surveillance operations.
Posted 6 October 2015
EBSCO has released its price projections for the year ahead.
Posted 6 October 2015
Social media gaffes cause problems for many politicians in Canada's election campaign.
Posted 6 October 2015
Final print run of library catalogue cards.
Posted 2 October 2015
Cross-industry campaign aims to help researchers choose best place to publish.
Posted 2 October 2015
New service will cover Bundesliga and Premier League matches.
Posted 1 October 2015
UKeiG, a special interest group of CILIP, has announced the winners of the Tony Kent Strix Award and the Jason Farradane Award.
Posted 1 October 2015
Although completion rates remain low, those who DO complete MOOCs report high satisfaction rates. Meanwhile, some learners are cheating their way to course completion.
Posted 25 September 2015
While a UK politician experiments with crowdsourced questions to Parliament, other experiments in open democracy are much more advanced.
Posted 22 September 2015
The United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development has released its 2015 report into the current state of broadband around the world.
Posted 21 September 2015
Nominations for the 2016 Awards are now being sought.
Posted 20 September 2015
App provides a platform for strangers to share books.
Posted 19 September 2015
Libraries are one of four key areas identified to help "enrich our cultures and pave the way for stronger economic growth and trade".
Posted 18 September 2015
ScienceOpen, the free research and OA publishing network, has now exceeded the ten million record mark.
Posted 17 September 2015
Move aims to improve discoverability of and access to content.
Posted 17 September 2015
Contract awarded to develop a national library card system.
Posted 11 September 2015
Research set out to discover most used social media sites.
Posted 11 September 2015
Agreement follows four years of negotiation.
Posted 11 September 2015
Survey of 2015 customer experiences shows that better information, combined with personalisation, create happy customers who are more in control.
Posted 11 September 2015
The demand for portable, cross-border e-content looks set to grow.
Posted 10 September 2015
Cybercrime is evolving quickly, putting organisations at risk from a range of attacks including data breaches and business interruption.
Posted 10 September 2015
Publishing giant promises to make ancillary copyright payments.
Posted 6 September 2015
First proposal exploring cross border digital content due December 2015.
Posted 6 September 2015
IFLA is calling for input and examples from libraries around the world.
Posted 27 August 2015
The growth of tech makes social skills increasingly important.
Posted 27 August 2015
Funding available for community broadband.
Posted 26 August 2015
While children are increasingly relying on tech to help them with schoolwork, a new campaign group sets out to improve online rights for children.
Posted 26 August 2015
£80k funding to trial membership initiatives in a bid to improve literacy.
Posted 25 August 2015
Criminal investigations drive increased requests for data.
Posted 25 August 2015
Over 2000 UK and US consumers aged 16-35 surveyed about their attitudes and concerns about online security.
Posted 25 August 2015
FreePint research shows dramatic growth in corporate e-book use.
Posted 20 August 2015
Two editors of Netzpolitik.org are being investigated for suspected treason.
Posted 31 July 2015
The average user has over 90 online accounts - how are they managing to remember their passwords?
Posted 31 July 2015
Data Protection Authority tells Facebook to allow pseudonyms
Posted 29 July 2015
The sharing economy, which continues to grow, is attracting political debate in the US.
Posted 28 July 2015
Advertising is set to bring in almost $500m in 2015.
Posted 27 July 2015
Reporting 'stolen joke' on Twitter results in removal of infringing tweets.
Posted 26 July 2015
4000 users of seven UK academic libraries on how they view online library resources and services.
Posted 26 July 2015
Over half a million archive clips made available to the public.
Posted 22 July 2015
A new report by Nesta focuses on the availability of skills required to create, analyse and apply the lessons learned from data.
Posted 15 July 2015
Digital wallet service rolling out.
Posted 14 July 2015
Instagram now has 14 million active users in the UK
Posted 14 July 2015
Google has released figures for the first 12 months of the Right to be Forgotten.
Posted 14 July 2015
A new report suggests book publishing will face yet more disruption while in the US authors and booksellers are taking on Amazon.
Posted 14 July 2015
Funding and bursaries available to help support the development of information literacy.
Posted 13 July 2015
Facebook continues to push video content.
Posted 8 July 2015
The BBC is expected to cut 1000 jobs to help plug £150m gap in its licence fee income.
Posted 7 July 2015
Birkbeck, University of London, awarded Mellon Foundation grant.
Posted 6 July 2015
Conversations between providers and customers can drive real change.
Posted 3 July 2015
Snapchat's latest update replaces tap and hold.
Posted 2 July 2015
€10k fine imposed by French court.
Posted 2 July 2015
New themes and emojis for Gmail.
Posted 2 July 2015
Latest figures report slow but steady growth.
Posted 2 July 2015
ALPSP Innovation in Publishing award - shortlisted projects announced.
Posted 2 July 2015
The EU is about to vote on proposed changes to Europe's copyright legislation.
Posted 2 July 2015
In Africa the demand for HE is growing, while library budgets struggle to keep pace.
Posted 1 July 2015
Many professionals and senior level executives are still ignoring the potential value of social media - at their peril.
Posted 20 June 2015
Regulatory concerns means Moments won't be rolled out to Europe.
Posted 19 June 2015
Four new national coalitions for digital jobs to be launched in Belgium, Cyprus, the Netherlands and the UK as the EU continues its drive to tackle Europe's digital skills deficit.
Posted 19 June 2015
French privacy watchdog and others believe right to be forgotten should be extended.
Posted 17 June 2015
Growth in subscriptions and royalties paid.
Posted 17 June 2015
Second meeting of Libraries Task Force recommends creation of a national framework.
Posted 17 June 2015
The Belgian privacy commission is taking Facebook to court.
Posted 17 June 2015
Bank of England's plans leaked in autocomplete incident; Millennials and DNA passwords.
Posted 17 June 2015
Book formed part of evidence to support Henry VIII's annulment from Catherine of Aragon.
Posted 8 June 2015
New research suggests creative power of exposure to ideas and people.
Posted 4 June 2015
Latest figures for 2014 show 6% fall.
Posted 3 June 2015
Winning paper explores the role of data curators in the scientific research community.
Posted 3 June 2015
Partnership between Sage and Publons aims to improve the peer review process.
Posted 3 June 2015
Snapchat's new Content Team will be covering big events.
Posted 3 June 2015
Sharing ideas and information across and between institutions will result in positive outcomes for institutions and individuals.
Posted 3 June 2015
ProQuest and National Library of Scotland to digitise 19th century House of Lords papers.
Posted 19 May 2015
Knowledge workers rarely do unique work. In fact they spend most of their time engaged in ‘re-work' due to the difficulty of re-using pre-existing knowledge.
Posted 19 May 2015
Merger between Springer and Macmillan approved by competition authorities.
Posted 7 May 2015
Key findings from an open dataset on makerspaces in the UK.
Posted 6 May 2015
Study suggests total move to OA is possible with no extra costs.
Posted 5 May 2015
Collaboration aims to establish Berlin as a central research location.
Posted 4 May 2015
Google has announced a new digital partnership with eight European publishers.
Posted 4 May 2015
Move aims to keep users on the site for longer.
Posted 4 May 2015
The sharing economy will continue to disrupt the rental economy.
Posted 4 May 2015
Call for participants to help inform next-generation search.
Posted 28 April 2015
Word of mouth is one of the most trusted forms of advertising.
Posted 24 April 2015
Twitter continues to make changes to policies.
Posted 22 April 2015
Algorithm changes reflect increase in mobile searching.
Posted 22 April 2015
Changes designed to help improve advertiser management.
Posted 19 April 2015
CNIL has published its annual report for 2014.
Posted 19 April 2015
Organisations can improve performance by focusing on four key 'energy' needs of employees.
Posted 19 April 2015
EC is ready to act against Google.
Posted 15 April 2015
Music continues to be a multi-format industry with global revenues divided equally between digital and physical.
Posted 15 April 2015
Bookmetrix will offer title and chapter level metrics.
Posted 14 April 2015
Report had claimed Facebook wasn't keeping in line with EU data and privacy guidelines.
Posted 10 April 2015
Apple has responded to criticisms by updating its iPhone emoji keyboard.
Posted 10 April 2015
Susan Dumais of Microsoft Research announced as first speaker.
Posted 9 April 2015
Is Facebook making you depressed?
Posted 9 April 2015
Move aims to improve discovery and research outcomes.
Posted 8 April 2015
New device set to undercut Kindle Voyage.
Posted 8 April 2015
Heliyon now accepting submissions.
Posted 8 April 2015
Two new tools added to editing tools.
Posted 8 April 2015
New emojis require some explanation.
Posted 8 April 2015
The millennials' love of alternative messaging is driving social media growth.
Posted 8 April 2015
There are opportunities for libraries to offer impactful videos that can really help student learners.
Posted 27 March 2015
Internet seen as a positive influence on education - but less positive when it comes to morality.
Posted 26 March 2015
The average internet user spends two hours a day on social networks.
Posted 25 March 2015
Springer and Université Joseph Fourier release open source software.
Posted 23 March 2015
New research suggests young US adults spend almost all their waking hours interacting with media.
Posted 23 March 2015
Projected public sector savings of over £100 million.
Posted 21 March 2015
Four countries challenging EU tax decision.
Posted 21 March 2015
The initiative aims to promote coding and computational thinking.
Posted 20 March 2015
Library of resources will help developers create and market apps.
Posted 20 March 2015
Workforce mapping project calls for wide participation in research project.
Posted 13 March 2015
Report reveals global internet speeds.
Posted 12 March 2015
Google has opened its first shop in London and launched a new online store.
Posted 12 March 2015
As the demand for offsite access continues to grow, are librarians providing seamless user journeys?
Posted 12 March 2015
Reports suggest new measures will be revealed in budget.
Posted 9 March 2015
Ruling means prices are likely to increase in some countries.
Posted 9 March 2015
New report explores the rise of the YouTube star.
Posted 9 March 2015
New research project to map key issues.
Posted 5 March 2015
Results of FreePint Survey show that overall content budgets are stabilising - or even increasing.
Posted 3 March 2015
New simplified structure planned.
Posted 26 February 2015
The development of a Digital Single Market is one of Europe's top ten priorities.
Posted 26 February 2015
Google Glass may have been taken off the market but there are indications that the wearables market is becoming more mature.
Posted 25 February 2015
According to a survey conducted by YouGov author and librarian are dream jobs for many in the UK.
Posted 24 February 2015
As Generation Z prepares to enter the workforce, how should organisations plan for generational diversity?
Posted 23 February 2015
Universities from across the EU can now apply to join Ucas.
Posted 19 February 2015
27 pre-packaged subject sets of titles created for libraries.
Posted 19 February 2015
Claim for antitrust breach filed in Russia.
Posted 19 February 2015
Users can now add music backing tracks to their snap videos.
Posted 19 February 2015
E-book package will include 100+ titles by end of 2015.
Posted 18 February 2015
Munich to return €2.5M books to Naples.
Posted 12 February 2015
Are students receiving value for money? And what can be done to help them choose their courses wisely?
Posted 11 February 2015
Over 50% of young people admit to 'inappropriate' online activity.
Posted 10 February 2015
Emojis have been discussed at the Silk Road trial.
Posted 10 February 2015
International Association of STM Publishers seeking to develop sharing framework.
Posted 9 February 2015
Conference explores key areas of digital education and research.
Posted 9 February 2015
Fujitsu research paints a positive picture of attitudes and take-up of digital services.
Posted 9 February 2015
Forgotten 1300 copy could be worth £10m.
Posted 8 February 2015
The Ford Foundation adopts policy to increase access to and re-use of research funding outputs.
Posted 5 February 2015
Tweets will be appearing in Google search results later this year.
Posted 5 February 2015
Digital media sites continue to attract investors.
Posted 30 January 2015
The latest issue of Science is a special issue on 'The end of Privacy'.
Posted 30 January 2015
The second international EuropeanaTech conference is being held in Paris on 12-13 February 2015.
Posted 29 January 2015
European Parliament publishes report on potential impact of key technologies.
Posted 29 January 2015
Latest research predicts continued e-book growth.
Posted 28 January 2015
The five universities that will lead the Alan Turing Institute have been announced.
Posted 28 January 2015
Report by Deloitte estimates $227 billion economic impact in 2014.
Posted 28 January 2015
New award open to early career information professionals.
Posted 25 January 2015
The latest list of frequently used passwords shows people put themselves at risk by choosing weak, easily guessable passwords.
Posted 25 January 2015
Economic predictions suggest a slow-down in growth - employers need to invest in productivity.
Posted 16 January 2015
A round up of predictions for the year ahead.
Posted 14 January 2015
Words of the year reflect social, political and technological developments.
Posted 13 January 2015
Documents, images and sound recordings made available.
Posted 9 January 2015
Russia's Minister of Culture has announced plans to launch a Russian National Digital Library in 2015.
Posted 5 January 2015
Research shows 6% increase in 2014.
Posted 4 January 2015
New EU rules now in place.
Posted 2 January 2015
Study of papers in Cornell University Library's online archive (arXiv) reveals 'text overlap'.
Posted 2 January 2015
Google expands Knowledge Graph.
Posted 29 December 2014
Federal Supreme Court finds in favour of document delivery service.
Posted 22 December 2014
Nearly half of digital consumers are downloading content illegally.
Posted 18 December 2014
Police raids target several addresses.
Posted 16 December 2014
Google's European woes continue.
Posted 16 December 2014
Google News in Spain will close in December 2014.
Posted 11 December 2014
Improvements scheduled to be completed by 2020.
Posted 9 December 2014
SLA Europe continues to grow its membership.
Posted 9 December 2014
Several European countries have now reduced VAT rate.
Posted 9 December 2014
Simplified process to replace complicated captcha.
Posted 4 December 2014
Top tips from a Ned Potter workshop.
Posted 4 December 2014
Global internet use continues to grow - up 6.6% in 2014.
Posted 4 December 2014
The Wellcome Trust joins initiative open to researchers working on global challenges.
Posted 2 December 2014
Cataloguing error meant treasure remained 'lost'.
Posted 2 December 2014
Twitter's app graph will collect data on users' other apps.
Posted 2 December 2014
In the UK there are calls for greater transparency in the collection of user data.
Posted 2 December 2014
Europe wants to see search engines unbundled from other commercial services.
Posted 1 December 2014
Archive features 30+ years of literary discussion.
Posted 28 November 2014
Streaming service increases revenues - but still not in profit.
Posted 27 November 2014
New journal available via ScienceDirect.
Posted 21 November 2014
When article processing and staff costs are included, OA compliance cost the UK over £20million in the last academic year.
Posted 21 November 2014
Every public tweet since 2006 is now indexed.
Posted 19 November 2014
Research explores how people are sharing videos - and why.
Posted 19 November 2014
The Internet of Things is a powerful force for disruptive transformation.
Posted 18 November 2014
Digital technologies open up debate and foster democratic participation - and enable widespread surveillance and interception.
Posted 13 November 2014
Another major acquisition after Tumblr.
Posted 12 November 2014
E-books and e-readers are now available from the online giant's Dutch site.
Posted 12 November 2014
Latest figures show growth in Sweden's silver surfers.
Posted 12 November 2014
Submissions sought for De Gruyter Saur / IFLA Research Paper Award 2015.
Posted 12 November 2014
Removal of news snippets led to drastic decline in web traffic.
Posted 6 November 2014
Experts say lack of skills is a 'societal challenge'.
Posted 5 November 2014
Proposed law will impact companies offering cloud storage solutions.
Posted 4 November 2014
Majority of websites not meeting UK government's digital by default standard.
Posted 4 November 2014
Gothic exhibition inspires 3D game.
Posted 4 November 2014
Mobile will be one of the ways Google ranks your website.
Posted 4 November 2014
Taylor and Francis White Paper explores current practices and future opportunities for social media in libraries.
Posted 4 November 2014
Mass protests followed plans to tax internet usage.
Posted 2 November 2014
'Google Tax' to become law in 2015.
Posted 31 October 2014
A round-up of stories featuring trolls, hackers, scammers and more.
Posted 27 October 2014
Several surveys highlight the gap between employee expectations and the reality resulting in them creating their own 'Shadow IT' services.
Posted 26 October 2014
New e-reading platform Blloon uses gamification to encourage young people to read and share more.
Posted 23 October 2014
The winners of this year's Lovie Awards have been announced.
Posted 23 October 2014
What can libraries and museums learn from the new creators and sharers of content and inspiration?
Posted 23 October 2014
In Australia a library service provides ambulance workers with rapid access to critical information.
Posted 23 October 2014
Rates of voice searching have doubled in the past year.
Posted 17 October 2014
The search giant has published its results for Q3 of 2014.
Posted 17 October 2014
Psychiatric hospital archives to become part of Wellcome's digitisation programme.
Posted 17 October 2014
Thousands of images leaked via a third party app.
Posted 14 October 2014
Jisc collaborating with UK universities.
Posted 9 October 2014
The latest IMF World Economic Outlook report describes uneven global recovery.
Posted 9 October 2014
Ada Lovelace Day in October celebrates the achievements of women in science and technology.
Posted 9 October 2014
Google Campus will support innovation in Madrid.
Posted 8 October 2014
Website to be key source of information on copyright.
Posted 8 October 2014
Collaboration with Europeana and Google.
Posted 8 October 2014
Two new reports - one from the UK and one from the US - explore the role of social media as a path to the news.
Posted 8 October 2014
In Germany, Google newspaper search results no longer feature 'snippets' of articles.
Posted 3 October 2014
Gothic literature has entertained audiences and influenced artists for 250 years.
Posted 3 October 2014
Open Science can improve European competitiveness.
Posted 3 October 2014
A new book believes we should pay greater attention to how technology may be changing the wiring of our brains.
Posted 3 October 2014
Google continues to face challenges in Europe.
Posted 1 October 2014
A new European Commission report describes the progress towards a European Research Area (ERA).
Posted 26 September 2014
Changes aim to focus on 'relevance' in newsfeeds.
Posted 20 September 2014
In the UK, more women are playing video games than men.
Posted 20 September 2014
Service launched in six countries in the course of one week.
Posted 19 September 2014
Crowdsourcing platform has already generated over $1 billion in worldwide pledges.
Posted 17 September 2014
New ruling by European Court of Justice sets out guidelines.
Posted 12 September 2014
Global survey on privacy, personal information and apps.
Posted 11 September 2014
New report analyses how business leaders make decisions.
Posted 11 September 2014
In the UK there have been major changes to the National Curriculum - but how will parents cope?
Posted 11 September 2014
Settlement means €10 million will be paid to Dutch actors and musicians.
Posted 10 September 2014
Shared data centre for academic and medical research.
Posted 8 September 2014
What are the financial and administrative costs of complying with funder OA policies?
Posted 3 September 2014
City of London Police warning against possible criminality.
Posted 2 September 2014
What did you do on your holiday? Did it include working?
Posted 26 August 2014
The social divide: Google search terms reveal inequalities in American society.
Posted 22 August 2014
According to recent reports, Google is working on child-friendly versions of some of its services.
Posted 21 August 2014
Norwegian study found reading on paper led to significantly better recall.
Posted 20 August 2014
Government planning massive investment.
Posted 18 August 2014
Twitter has begun to share favourites and users are not happy.
Posted 18 August 2014
Open Access advocates believe model licenses will limit exploitation and re-use of research.
Posted 13 August 2014
New law outlines the role of public libraries in the digital age.
Posted 9 August 2014
Broadband and mobile company Iliad wants to 'disrupt' more markets.
Posted 1 August 2014
Research data and collaboration to be showcased.
Posted 1 August 2014
Digitised holdings of nine new partner organisations will enhance collection.
Posted 31 July 2014
Acquisition of Spanish digital content tool Icebergs.
Posted 31 July 2014
Dating website deliberately mis-matched users; art gallery 'sells' art to the emotional.
Posted 31 July 2014
Social network now has 271 million active users.
Posted 30 July 2014
Popularity driven by world sporting events - and the weather.
Posted 30 July 2014
Symantec declares 2013 a year of mega-breaches and targeted attacks.
Posted 29 July 2014
Switch to English reflects need to 'publish in English' or 'perish in German'.
Posted 25 July 2014
Profits for Quarter Two up.
Posted 25 July 2014
Disagreement over reforms delays European White Paper on copyright reform.
Posted 25 July 2014
Google given 18 months to comply.
Posted 22 July 2014
Eight companies in Norway subjected to an unprecedented cyber attack.
Posted 17 July 2014
Blogger fined a total of €2,500 in damages and costs.
Posted 17 July 2014
Report reveals increase in cases handled by ICO - and a data breach of its own.
Posted 17 July 2014
Twitter user to say 'sorry'.
Posted 17 July 2014
E-book subscription service would compete with Scribd and Oyster.
Posted 17 July 2014
How much time is wasted at work being non-productive - and what can be done to improve the situation?
Posted 17 July 2014
Young women urged to consider unexpected consequences of 'sexy selfies' while footage of a man taking a 'dangerous selfie' in Spain has gone viral.
Posted 17 July 2014
Survey of 16,000 people around the world explores contentment. Is a simpler life the key to happiness? Or is it being Danish?
Posted 16 July 2014
Research explores how key spam players interact. Canada's new anti-spam legislation came into effect in July 2014.
Posted 2 July 2014
EU caps roaming charges by up to 50%.
Posted 1 July 2014
Information Managers looking to be strategic influencers and advisors
Posted 1 July 2014
Facebook manipulated the feeds of almost 700,000 users.
Posted 30 June 2014
Libraries in Manchester and Birmingham to help business start-ups.
Posted 30 June 2014
Millions of pages of historical content added.
Posted 27 June 2014
A new unit at Germany's domestic intelligence service will work to evaluate data collected online.
Posted 27 June 2014
Call for Amazon to be investigated for violating competition rules.
Posted 25 June 2014
If you've just about got your Gen-X and Gen-Y straight, meet a new group of workers.
Posted 19 June 2014
Enhanced version of research information management system Pure.
Posted 18 June 2014
While a millionaire is giving away cash on Twitter, new tech is enabling more people to go 'cash free'.
Posted 17 June 2014
Over 78 million Euros lost to film industry every year.
Posted 16 June 2014
The growth of ephemeral messaging services and private social networks - individuals want more privacy; companies want to be more like Snapchat!
Posted 15 June 2014
New shorter domain names launched.
Posted 14 June 2014
Successful challenge to law which came into effect in 2013.
Posted 14 June 2014
Linguistic project exploring how people use the app to communicate.
Posted 14 June 2014
Move aims to standardise research output capture.
Posted 14 June 2014
European Court of Justice says web browsing does not infringe copyright.
Posted 6 June 2014
Politician calls for unrestricted access to the under 18s.
Posted 5 June 2014
Plans to open Google Campus Warsaw.
Posted 5 June 2014
Overall EU lags behind US and Japan.
Posted 5 June 2014
Peter Sunde was on the run for two years.
Posted 2 June 2014
Individuals can apply to have documents removed from the search engine's index.
Posted 30 May 2014
Iconic building in Scotland damaged by fire.
Posted 26 May 2014
New BL website features digitised treasures of English literature.
Posted 23 May 2014
Streaming service continues to grow in Europe.
Posted 21 May 2014
Surprise ruling has widespread implications for search engines and social media.
Posted 20 May 2014
UPDATED: Two acquisition rumours have been in the news.
Posted 20 May 2014
Research partnership puts value on public libraries.
Posted 16 May 2014
Complaint taken to EU Ombudsman.
Posted 16 May 2014
Digital and physical reading offers to be 'blended'.
Posted 12 May 2014
Open letter from international publishers.
Posted 12 May 2014
The Belgium Anti-Piracy Federation (BAF) has accused six people of piracy.
Posted 7 May 2014
Nesta has allocated £2.4m to technology-led projects that will improve local life.
Posted 4 May 2014
New app Swarm to help users share status and locate friends.
Posted 2 May 2014
Digital newspaper service offers 'pay per article' model.
Posted 2 May 2014
Winners announced at the British Library.
Posted 30 April 2014
Pinterest aims to improve discovery.
Posted 25 April 2014
UK National Archives marking centenary.
Posted 23 April 2014
Art history photographs added to Open Content Program.
Posted 23 April 2014
Shareaholic has published its Social Media Traffic Report for the first quarter of 2014.
Posted 22 April 2014
The DPLA announces major new partnerships.
Posted 22 April 2014
Restoration nearing completion.
Posted 14 April 2014
Many account holders have never sent a tweet.
Posted 14 April 2014
Welsh museums, libraries and archives to receive £2.2m.
Posted 11 April 2014
Study claims high proportion of population download illegally.
Posted 10 April 2014
Twitter is expanding its social TV efforts.
Posted 3 April 2014
Copyright infringement is borderless, but the responses remain territorial.
Posted 3 April 2014
CERT-UK tasked with ensuring UK is better prepared and more resilient.
Posted 1 April 2014
Ongoing dispute affects distribution centre.
Posted 31 March 2014
Sweden's own Spotify service is being challenged by other music apps.
Posted 31 March 2014
New research predicts ongoing, dramatic growth.
Posted 31 March 2014
Work by author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy discovered in school cupboard.
Posted 23 March 2014
Turkey joins China - now both countries block the network.
Posted 21 March 2014
High figures report being victims.
Posted 19 March 2014
The British Library has acquired two rare manuscripts.
Posted 19 March 2014
Decline in percentage of GDP invested in innovation.
Posted 17 March 2014
US figures predict decline in desktop search ad revenue.
Posted 17 March 2014
Differences between Gen X and Gen Y digital shoppers revealed.
Posted 17 March 2014
The BBC's youth TV channel to close; but a different story emerges in Belgium.
Posted 17 March 2014
Seven ways to help libraries work in the digital environment.
Posted 9 March 2014
The EU exploring ways to ensure transparency.
Posted 2 March 2014
Blocking 'still a common practice'; speeds still a problem.
Posted 28 February 2014
Country's heritage at risk of looting and destruction.
Posted 28 February 2014
Low usage numbers cited as reason for closure.
Posted 25 February 2014
Next-gen HTML article emphasises portability.
Posted 20 February 2014
Russian search engine seeking to grow its market share on smartphones.
Posted 20 February 2014
WhatsApp, launched in 2009, is on the path to a billion users.
Posted 20 February 2014
LinkedIn aims to become 'the' professional publishing platform.
Posted 19 February 2014
New functionality allows library administrators to manage subscriptions cost effectively.
Posted 13 February 2014
Watchdog warns companies.
Posted 13 February 2014
Access to the Library's digital media player is now rolled out.
Posted 7 February 2014
Several organisations have come together to offer a national level pilot project.
Posted 6 February 2014
The discoverability of scholarly content is critically important in making high quality research findable and accessible.
Posted 3 February 2014
The EU has launched Creative Europe - a new programme for the cultural and creative sectors.
Posted 31 January 2014
The 2014 Brill/IFLA award for OA in the social sciences and humanities.
Posted 30 January 2014
New partnership aims to publish leading research 'with an intercultural outlook'.
Posted 30 January 2014
Move makes impact data more readily available.
Posted 30 January 2014
France and Germany likely next targets.
Posted 29 January 2014
French Government initiative reduces VAT to 2.1%
Posted 28 January 2014
Acquisition estimated at $400 million.
Posted 28 January 2014
Dutch library users can now borrow up to 5000 books via their tablets, mobiles, computers or e-reader.
Posted 23 January 2014
Europe's digital library, museum and archive, has launched the second version of its free app.
Posted 21 January 2014
EU funded project developing a world wide web for robots.
Posted 16 January 2014
Sales fell in 2013; additional financing not secured.
Posted 13 January 2014
Deadline for public consultation is 5 February 2014.
Posted 9 January 2014
Search engine fined €150,000 for breaching data protection act.
Posted 9 January 2014
Bots are being used to scrape user profile details.
Posted 8 January 2014
Simplified news stories are summarised visually.
Posted 8 January 2014
The average UK teenager owns six digital devices.
Posted 12 December 2013
National Library sold 'tons' of books.
Posted 11 December 2013
National collecting society SABAM opposes proposed reform.
Posted 10 December 2013
Stakeholder dialogue complete; recommendations finalised.
Posted 8 December 2013
Widespread adoption of authentication standards makes spamming more difficult.
Posted 8 December 2013
The National Library of Norway plans to digitise every Norwegian book.
Posted 8 December 2013
Pilot collection launched; target of 200 libraries to sign up.
Posted 8 December 2013
Reports suggest Apple paid over $200 million.
Posted 4 December 2013
Anonymous hacker accessed email alert app.
Posted 27 November 2013
The World Wide Web Foundation has published its 2013 Web Index.
Posted 27 November 2013
Report ranges from high level trends to country level analysis.
Posted 26 November 2013
A new digital platform has been launched to make historical works available to the public.
Posted 25 November 2013
Social network user numbers in Germany set to overtake UK figures in 2013.
Posted 22 November 2013
Video sharing app broadens international reach.
Posted 22 November 2013
Over 1,100 UK workers were questioned about their link-clicking habits.
Posted 20 November 2013
In Germany half of Amazon's top 100 e-books list are self-published.
Posted 20 November 2013
Pledge to support text and data mining initiatives.
Posted 20 November 2013
EBLIDA calling for broader discussions on copyright.
Posted 20 November 2013
BL's newspaper collection moving to purpose-built storage.
Posted 14 November 2013
Professor Martin Hall will take up his position in early 2014.
Posted 8 November 2013
Security services questioned by MPs.
Posted 8 November 2013
Coalition accuses Dutch government of bypassing privacy rules.
Posted 7 November 2013
Potential new role at Google if firm settles EC antitrust case.
Posted 7 November 2013
Digitisation equipment and some artefacts destroyed.
Posted 6 November 2013
Germans 'unimpressed' by Internet Service Providers.
Posted 5 November 2013
Discovery service should help increase usage of library resources.
Posted 5 November 2013
Tim Berners-Lee has unveiled the latest survey of the open data performance of 77 countries.
Posted 1 November 2013
Global survey of thousands of authors reveals regional and subject differences.
Posted 31 October 2013
Almost a quarter of all European shoppers have bought books and magazines via the internet.
Posted 29 October 2013
Digital collections from North Carolina to be made available through DPLA.
Posted 27 October 2013
The Spanish telecom provider Telefónica has launched a new streaming service for e-books.
Posted 24 October 2013
Over 50% of internet users are watching music videos on the web.
Posted 24 October 2013
The man in charge of the David Bowie back catalogue has discovered a 15-minute 'faux' radio show.
Posted 23 October 2013
Academics at The UK's University of Nottingham have launched two free internet resources for vets.
Posted 20 October 2013
Over 20,000 images available in project coordinated by Collections Trust.
Posted 17 October 2013
Researchers conclude users stay with an information 'routine'.
Posted 17 October 2013
The role of libraries is changing and their spaces, services and staff structures are evolving to reflect this.
Posted 17 October 2013
Models of scholarly communication are evolving. Academic libraries must be responsive to these changes while being mindful of institutional missions and strategic goals.
Posted 17 October 2013
Part of the Royal Tropical Institute's collections will be saved.
Posted 11 October 2013
Search giant to extend bug bounty to selected open source projects.
Posted 11 October 2013
Researchers at German University identify websites using secret tracking.
Posted 11 October 2013
40% of the world's population will be connected to the internet by the end of 2013.
Posted 11 October 2013
Turkish e-book database to be indexed in discovery service.
Posted 4 October 2013
Twitter's IPO papers reveal many interesting facts - including just how money it has lost.
Posted 4 October 2013
Sky Deutschland reported to be working on video on demand service.
Posted 3 October 2013
Search results enhanced by Pinterest's curated image collections.
Posted 3 October 2013
Government aims to protect bookshops from 'unfair competition'.
Posted 3 October 2013
Sixth annual event aims to help make OA 'a new norm' in scholarship and research.
Posted 1 October 2013
60 minute episode will feature expert views from European librarians.
Posted 1 October 2013
Latest move in the ongoing dispute with search giant.
Posted 30 September 2013
EBSCO has released its serials price projection report for 2014.
Posted 30 September 2013
Database will help scientists locate resources to support research.
Posted 24 September 2013
Fund to help media firms develop web presence.
Posted 20 September 2013
Platform to offer MOOCs to students around the world.
Posted 19 September 2013
Annotated document found in National Library of Spain.
Posted 19 September 2013
Pinterest is seeking to grow its user base in Europe.
Posted 13 September 2013
Award winner is one of the most cited researchers in information retrieval.
Posted 13 September 2013
German publisher Gruner+Jahr is planning to invest heavily in online expansion.
Posted 11 September 2013
Social search engine Topsy's search index now includes every tweet.
Posted 5 September 2013
'Caring for Digital Content' report shares approaches from around the world.
Posted 5 September 2013
Vevo, the music video and entertainment platform, is to launch in Germany later in 2013.
Posted 4 September 2013
Report reveals which governments have requested data - and what Facebook handed over.
Posted 28 August 2013
New sharing function will allow users to choose story content instead of headline when tweeting.
Posted 28 August 2013
Case concerns theft of volumes from Italy's Girolamini Library.
Posted 28 August 2013
Expanded digitised content for World Newspaper Archive.
Posted 15 August 2013
Four professional associations collaborating on toolkit.
Posted 14 August 2013
EU-funded project Eurapp offering prizes.
Posted 13 August 2013
Two recent studies explore the links between TV viewing and social media activities.
Posted 8 August 2013
New report explores the value of academic libraries to teaching and research faculty.